Blu-ray Review Chato's Land Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

[Matt Hough]

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Chato's Land Blu-ray Review

On a superficial level, a sort of western precursor to their upcoming smash hit Death Wish, Michael Winner’s Chato’s Land starring...
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[Brent Reid]

What's on this release; the original European cut or the censored US version?

 

[Matt Hough]

What's on this release; the original European cut or the censored US version?

Someone else will have to answer. I wouldn't know one from the other.

 

[Robin9]

That Gerald Wilson interview may well be interesting. He had very mixed feelings about working with Michael Winner.

 

[Walter Kittel]

Googled and found this comparison of the US and German DVD versions of Chato's Land

http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=949883

Most of the changes revolve around the sexual assault of Chato's wife and some of the more violent scenes in the film. If Chato's wife is shown mostly clothed or covered during and after the assault then the Blu-Ray contains the US version. If she is shown naked during and after the assault then the Blu-Ray contains the harsher European cut.

I'm a pretty big Bronson fan, but this (for me) is one of the weaker pairings with Michael Winner; when compared to The Mechanic and Death Wish anyway.

- Walter.

 

[Brent Reid]

I checked Move-Censorship's comparison, as well as DVDCompare's, before opting for the German DVD. So which is it, Matt?

 

[Matt Hough]

She's definitely naked as she's bandied about by the brutes raping her and afterwards.

And you're right about Wilson. He states in the interview that he wasn't sure Michael Winner knew what he was doing, but he doesn't dwell on negativity.

 

[Brent Reid]

That's great; not for the increased brutality, but because it should be the longer cut overall. Can you post the exact runtime please?

 

[Dan McW]

My uncut version of Chato's Land off of Encore Westerns runs 100 minutes. It has all the scenes that IMDb says were deleted from various other versions, which I think include the MGM/UA DVD and earlier Encore broadcasts.

Now if only Lawman (1971) could be restored to its uncut version. A couple of early reviews of the film on IMDb and Amazon reference nudity and/or violence that is missing from the MGM/UA DVD and current broadcast versions.

 

[Twilight Time]

TT's Blu-ray of CHATO'S LAND is the uncut international version.

 

[Matt Hough]

That's great; not for the increased brutality, but because it should be the longer cut overall. Can you post the exact runtime please?

I'm sure you saw Nick's reponse to the question, but to answer you, the running time is 1:40:29.